Hame attachment



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L. H` HOOKSPEIER.

RAME' ATTAGHMENT.

Patented Dec. Z7, 1887.

No. 375,355.A

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- LOUIS H. HOOKSPEIER, OF SHEFFIELD, IOWA.

HAME ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,355, dated December27, 1887.

Application filed July 13, 1887. Serial No. 244,148.

.To all whom iz'; may concern:

Beit known that I, LoUIs H. HocKsPEIER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Sheffield, in the county of Franklin and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Im- .provement in Hame-Hooks, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in hame-hooks; and it consists inthe construction and combination of devices that will be more fully setforth hereinafter, and pointed ont in the claim.

The object of my improvement is to provide a construction, in connectionwith the hame, whereby the attaching-hook is adjustably mounted andaccommodates itself to the draft and to the size of animal. I attainthis object by the construction illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate similar parts inthe several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimprovement shown in connection with a hame, a portion of a trace, and acollar.

ment applied in connection therewith. Fig. 3 is a transverse verticalsectional view on the line w x of Fig. 2. K

A indicates a hame, of any preferred form of construction, having a backiron, a. In the lower portion of the hame an angular recess, a', lisformed, which recess is formed through the back iron, a, and has ashoulder, a2, formedat the inner portion thereof, transversely arrangedat right angles to the main portion of the recess. Against this shouldera a metallic bearing-plate, A', is secured, and

, over thetop portion of the recess on the face of the hame a largerplate, A2, is secured. These plates will be attached to their points ofsecurement by suitable means, preferably by screws. Before the topplate, A2, is secured in position the hook B is inserted in the recess,and the plate then secured over the shank of the said hook. The end ofthe shank of the hook B is formed with a Thead`, B', which projectsdownward from one side against the shoulder a2 and in contact with thebearing-plate A, and the other portion thereof bears against the inneredge of the plate A2. The shank B2 of the said hook is preferablyconstructed of a flattened configuration, so that it will have an easymovement in the recess a'. This hook B projects out wardly from thehame, and is adapted to be Fig. 2 is a slde elevation of a haine with myimprove,

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engaged by the loop formed with the forward end of the trace, as shownin Fig. 1, and may be adjusted ina vertical line, as may be desired andrequired with relation to the draft. As shown in Fig. l, the said hookhas its shank bent at an angle, so as to accommodate the attachmentofthe trace and to arrange itself relatively to the parts with which itis used in connection, as will be readily understood.

In order to adjust the hook proportionate to the draft required, the topplate, A2, is made of thick metal, and sufficiently strong to produce atight bearing contact upon the shank of the said hook and hold it in afixed position in the recess c'. By loosening one of the screws Z theposition of the said hook may be changed when desired and adj usted asis required. In place of the hook shown in the drawings a link having ashank may be used, the use of said construction being determined by thepurpose to which it is to be applied. When the hook has been adj ustedin any desired position in the recess a', the plate A2 is screwed homethereupon and securely fastens the said hook in a desired position. Bythis means the inconvenience of having the draft too high or too low maybe overcome and the defect remedied by the use of my improved form ofconstruction.

The novelty and utility of my improvement being obviously apparent andappreciable, it is unnecessary to further enlarge upon the same herein.

Having thus described my invention, claim- The combination, with thehamehaving the recess a and the shoulder c2, formed at the inner portionof said recess, of the bearingplate A, secured to said shoulder, thehook B, having the flat shank B2, and T-head B', bearing against saidplate A', and the plate A, Secured to the hame across therecess a andover the fiat shank of the hook, whereby the hook will be held in saidrecess, and may be adj usted therein to suit the draft, substantially asset forth.

In testimony thatlclaim the foregoing as my own lha-ve hereto affixed mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS H. HOGKSPEIER.

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